Diagnostic Manager Oncology, Baltic

Location: Vilnius, Lithuania or Tallin, Estonia

Competitive salary & Excellent company benefits
Salary starting from EUR gross 3600 monthly.

Are you a specialist in the area of Diagnostics and looking for a new challenge? If you can envision providing scientific expertise in a role that can impact patients’ lives, this might be the right opportunity for you.

About AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.

Business Area

AstraZeneca has one of the biopharmaceutical industry’s most exciting and rapidly growing Oncology portfolios, spanning both small molecule and biologics research and development. We are developing a comprehensive Oncology portfolio with an emphasis in 4 key platforms: DNA damage repair, Immunotherapy, Tumour Drivers & Resistance and Antibody Drug Conjugates, in 4 core disease areas: Breast, Ovarian, Lung and Haematology.

Several of these drug candidates are targeted therapies that provide benefit to patients with a particular biomarker or genetic mutation, creating the need for concurrent development of companion diagnostics in order to identify patients in a timely manner that can benefit from these therapies.

What you will do

As the Diagnostic Manager - Oncology, you will be a key player in building a “best-in-class” Oncology Diagnostic capability at AstraZeneca in 3 Countries – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Your responsibilities will include:

• Being directly responsible for Hospitals and Laboratories in the Baltic region and support these in changing the Diagnostic landscape.
• Using your current diagnostics, clinical and/or pharmaceutical testing experience to make an impact identifying appropriate patients for novel first-in-class oncology medicines.
• Ensuring timely, high-quality in-market companion diagnostics / testing solutions to enable optimal treatment throughout the patient journey.
• Working in full coordination with the Commercial Team, Medical Advisers and Market access colleagues to execute on tactical plans with a good understanding of clinical operational issues on the testing pathway and developing tailored appropriate testing solutions as needed.

Your role in helping us achieve our leadership ambition will be to:

• Identify and develop mutual relationships with, scientific authorities: Laboratory decision makers, Pathologists, Molecular Pathologists, Geneticists and Genetic counsellors
• Champion, creative diagnostics solutions through key account management optimization with the local team
• Deliver technical/lay data presentations and educate on the requirement of diagnostic quality assurance (QA) programs
• Identify barriers to testing and develop strategies to support and instruct on appropriate testing
• Gather Diagnostic intelligence and help built a world class Diagnostic Intelligence Reporting system

Essential for the role

• Hold an undergraduate degree; preferably an advanced degree in Life Sciences, medical, pharmacy or substantial experience in pharmaceutical and/or diagnostics and clinical testing market; preferably Oncology experience.
• Be a good communicator with excellent presentation skills,
• Proven project management experience, and effective cross-functional team leadership.
• Earlier experience with a broad base of external customers including patients, prescribers, payers, providers and thorough knowledge of diagnostic test regulatory environment highly desirable
• Ability to travel within the Baltic region when needed

Why AstraZeneca?  
At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.

So, what’s next?

Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.

Please apply by submitting your CV as soon as possible.

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.